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Language style affects long-term relationship strength and the compatibility
Language style affects long-term relationship strength and the compatibility
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2024-09-30
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Language style affects long-term relationship strength and the compatibility of existing and would-be couples, suggests a new study. Led by researchers at the University of Texas, Austin, the study【C1】______ our understanding of how language influences【C2】______.
The group compared people’s use of " function words" which【C3】______carry any meaning on their own,【C4】______ help build context in conversations. Content words, such as nouns, adjectives and verbs, carry an【C5】______ meaning. Function words, on the other hand, vary in their use and help provide reference points in conversations.【C6】______, words like "the," " that" and " of"【C7】______ act as function words.
The researchers conducted two experiments to measure language similarities. One setup【C8】______ 40 speed dating sessions among college students,【C9】______ the couples’ conversations were recorded and transcribed for【C10】______. The study’s authors found that people who used function words similarly were more【C11】______to express romantic interest in seeing one another in the future. A second experiment measured the use of function words in the online chats of 86 couples over the【C12】______ of 10 days. The researchers found that couples that used function words similarly tended to still be together【C13】______.
Three months after the data were【C14】______, the team discovered that 76 percent of couples【C15】______ similar language styles were still together compared to 53 percent of other couples that【C16】______similar styles of speech.
The findings suggest that romantic compatibility may not depend【C17】______ on saying the right things but rather whether they’re said in a【C18】______way. James Pennebaker, a coauthor of the study, comments on the natural【C19】______ of these speech styles in a press release; " What’s wonderful【C20】______this is we don’t really make that decision; it just comes out of our mouths. [br] 【C19】
选项
A、choice
B、preference
C、potential
D、tendency
答案
D
解析
名词辨析题。句意为:……在新闻发布中对这些语言风格的自然倾向进行了如此评论:“最神奇的事情是我们自己并没有作出任何决定,它就是脱口而出的”。研究者的工作是收集数据,从中发现规律和可能性,且文中也多次使用“likely”和“tended to”等表达方法,可见研究发现的是一种趋势和趋向,故tendency符合。根据后文,研究对象并非有意选择其表达方式,故choice“选择”和preference“偏爱”均不符合文意;研究的目的也不是发现人们的语言“潜质”,而是已有的习惯和风格,排除potential。
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